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Every film tells a story. Bottom line. But some films have a double bottom line, a two-fold mission: to tell a story, and to propel social change. To
"What was so unusual for the Women's Movement and filmmakers like myself," says Liane Brandon, recalling a period when both were just starting out,
By Belinda Baldwin and Robert Bahar It was during the height of America's post-war optimism when Richard Griffith, the American film historian who
We asked a seasoned filmmaker and USC lecturer Amanda Pope and a panel of filmmakers to attempt to answer the question: "What does it mean to document change?"
Over the next month, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work is represented in the DocuWeeks™ Theatrical Documentary
American filmmakers and journalists have relatively free rein with what stories we tell and how we tell them. For all of our country's faults, our
'Addiction,' a nine-part series, features the work of some of the greatest documentary makers working today.
'Waiting for Superman' premieres September 24 through Paramount Vantage.
'Last Train Home' airs September 27, 2011, on PBS' 'POV.'